THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

COMING FRIDAY

Marvel First Looks -- and more!

FAMILY GUY: SEASON 6

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. will make a guest-voice appearance during the upcoming sixth season of Family Guy, Fox has announced.

Other guest-voices for the upcoming season include Drew Barrymore, Rob Lowe, Hugh Hefner, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Kiefer Sutherland, James Woods, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the rock group KISS.

Here's how Fox describes the new season:

"Lois gets a job working for Fox News and Peter has to go back to third grade in order to qualify for a work promotion. Meanwhile, Stewie creates a time machine, and he and Brian travel back to Poland during World War II."

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES -- RICHARD T. JONES

Richard T. Jones, who returns as James Ellison for Season 2 of Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, said his character has grown and is far less skeptical in the new season.

"It's a growth in knowing that these things called Terminators are real," Jones said.

BRIEFLY

* Marvel Comics has announced a second printing for the sold-out Black Panther #40. The new printing of the Secret Invasion tie-in will be in stores on Oct. 8 and will feature the interior art of Jefte Palo on the cover.

* DC Comics has announced that Alysse Soll, formerly the vice president of marketing of the National Hockey League, joins the publisher as vice president, ad sales and custom publishing. Soll will develop and manage new advertising initiatives, oversee DC's innovative custom publishing program, identify cross-platform opportunities with other media companies and supervise the advertising sales team.

COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

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